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high quality façade and include brick, metal panels, and storefront windows. Planters are provided along the sidewalks as well. - Policy BE-3.6: Minimize the street presence and visibility of parking facilities from public streets and neighboring properties. The project’s parking is underground, screening it from public view. In addition, the garage entrances are from Franklin Street and the alley way, reducing the parking presence from public streets and neighboring properties. Goal BE-7: Achieve improved aesthetic and parking conditions in Mixed Density Neighborhoods. - Policy BE-7.3: Prohibit new structures that compromise neighborhood quality in terms of design, scale, character, or orientation. Study and define design issues to facilitate neighborhood continuity and identity. The project would not compromise neighborhood quality. The project is consistent in architectural character, scale, and orientation with the DTPP and surrounding development. The project is oriented towards the public streets, with active ground floor uses fronting El Camino Real, consistent with the existing developments to the south. This frontage provides ground floor transparency, signage, and awnings to reinforce its active uses. The side and rear elevations provide residential units and lobbies on the ground floors, consistent with existing developments to the north and east. In addition, the side and rear elevations (fronting Diller and Franklin) incorporate climbing vines to provide a softer, residential character for neighborhood continuity. Sidewalk improvements also continue the neighborhood character, and bridge the last sidewalk gap on Franklin Street at the AT&T parking lot. These improvements would provide safe and comfortable environments to the residents and general public walking in the area. Goal BE-11: Create memorable and engaging retail, residential, and mixed‐use destinations and paths along the corridors. - Policy BE-11.1: Improve the corridors to create a network of “complete streets” that emphasize pedestrian orientation and safety, public transit access, safe bicycle movement, and other improvements. The project provides widened sidewalks with street trees, pedestrian lighting, bike racks, and planters, consistent with the DTPP. Diagonal parking, bulb-outs, and ADA crosswalk ramps are provided on Diller Street, which reduce the lane widths and street crossings for a more walkable and bikeable environment. In addition, sidewalk improvements are provided on Franklin along the AT&T parking lot, bridging a sidewalk gap to facilitate people walking to Downtown, the Sequoia Station, and Transit Center. 8.A. - Page 58